Tradition Islam
Shia Islam
الشيعة ar شیعه fa
Second-most populous Islamic denomination
- Also called Shīa Islam, Shiism, Shiah Islam
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Shia Islam Second-most populous Islamic denomination
Overview
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Ali Khamenei19 April 1939 CE – 28 February 2026 CE · Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 -
Hassan Rouhanifrom 12 November 1948 CE · President of Iran from 2013 to 2021 -
Farabic. 870 CE – 951 CE · 10th century Persian philosopher and jurist -
Jabir ibn Hayyan721 CE – 815 CE · 8th-century Islamic alchemist and author -
Mojtaba Khameneifrom 8 September 1969 CE · 3rd Supreme Dictator of Iran since 2026 -
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani25 August 1934 CE – 8 January 2017 CE · Iranian politician (1934–2017) -
Reza Shah15 March 1878 CE – 26 July 1944 CE · Shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi Dynasty -
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar5 August 1772 CE – 23 October 1834 CE · second Qajar shah of Iran (1797–1834). -
Nasir Khusraw3 September 1004 CE – c. 1088 CE · 11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary -
Muhammad al-Mahdifrom 29 July 869 CE · twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam -
Hussein-Ali Montazeri22 September 1922 CE – 20 December 2009 CE · cleric and Deputy Supreme Leader of Iran from 1985 to 1989 -
Al-Musta'li24 August 1076 CE – 10 December 1101 CE · Fatimid caliph and imam (1074–1101)
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- Figure Reza Hosseini Nassab Iranian grand ayatollah
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Figure Al-Mustansir Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95 -
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Figure Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i Chief Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran and former Co-Interim Supreme Leader of Iran in 2026 - Figure Zayd ibn Ali Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
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Figure Al-Hafiz Fatimid Dynasty caliph from 1132 to 1149 -
Figure Mohammad Beheshti Iranian cleric, one of the leading figures of the 1979 Iranian Revolution (1928–1981) -
Figure 'Adud al-Dawla Buyid dynasty emir (936-983) -
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Figure Al Sayed Musa al-Sadr Lebanese Shiite jurist and political activist - Figure Al-Waqidi Muslim historian and biographer of Muhammad (c.747-823)
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Figure Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei Iranian Shia cleric, philosopher, jurist and mystic -
Figure Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah Fatimid caliph and imam (1096–1130) -
Figure Shaykh Saduq Buyid shiite scholar -
Figure Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī Iranian Shia Islamic scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and poet - Figure Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid Iraqi Twelver Shia theologian (c. 948–1022)
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Figure Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Iranian Ayatollah (1931–2014) - Figure Hussein al-Houthi Yemeni Zaidi religious leader (1959–2004)
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Figure Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Iranian Ayatollah (1948–2018) -
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Figure Sadegh Larijani Iranian cleric and politician (born 1963) -
Figure Sharif Radhi Iraqi poet and Shia Muslim scholar (970 – 1015) -
Figure Shaykh Tusi Iranian scholar -
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Figure Hossein Borujerdi Iranian Grand Ayatollah (1875-1961) -
Figure Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim Iraqi Shia Islamic scholar and politician (1939–2003) -
Figure Sheikh Fazlollah Noori Iranian Shi'a theologian (1843–1909) -
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Figure Hassan Khomeini Iranian cleric (born 1972) -
Figure Sayyida Nafisa Muslim scholar -
Figure Shaykh Junayd The fifth leader of the Safavid order (1447–1460) -
Figure Ali Meshkini Iranian cleric (1922-2007) -
Figure Nizar Fatimid prince and Nizari imam (1045–1095) -
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Figure Ahmad Khomeini Iranian politician -
Figure Sahib ibn Abbad Grand vizier of the Buyid dynasty -
Figure Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani Iranian Grand Ayatollah -
Figure Abdolkarim Haeri Yazdi Iranian Grand Ayatollah (1859–1937) - Figure Ibn Nusayr Shi'a scholar
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Figure Ja'far Sobhani Iranian cleric - Figure Lady Amin Jurisprudent and theologian
- Figure Abu'l-Qasim al-Tayyib Last known imam of the Tayyibi Isma'ilis (born 1130)
- Figure Khadijeh Saqafi Iranian revolutionary and Ruhollah Khomeini's wife
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Figure Mohammad Fazel Lankarani Iranian grand ayatollah (1931–2007) -
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Figure Mohsen Araki Shia Islamic cleric -
Figure Mostafa Khamenei Iranian cleric -
Figure Sharif al-Murtadha Islamic Shiite scholar, 965-1044 -
Figure Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah Alid religious leader (died c.716) -
Figure Hadi Khamenei Iranian politician -
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Figure Hassan Modarres Prime Minister of Iran (1870-1937) -
Figure Mostafa Mohaqeq Damad Iranian cleric
Places and sites
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Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble
Mausoleum in Ardabil, Iranian national heritage site -
Imam Reza Shrine
Shrine in Mashhad, Iranian national heritage site -
Imam Husayn Mausoleum
Burial site of Husayn ibn Ali, the third Imam of Islam, in the city of Karbala, Iraq -
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imam Khomeini Mausoleum
Mausoleum in metropolitan Tehran, Iran -
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Al-Kadhimiya Mosque
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Fatima Masumeh Shrine
Imamzadeh in Qom, Iranian national heritage site -
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Great Mosque of Kufa
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Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque
Islamic Shrine in Damascus, Syria
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Place Vakil Mosque Mosque in Shiraz, Iranian national heritage site -
Place Imam Ali Mosque Mosque in Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden -
Place Amin al-Din Jebrail Mausoleum Mausoleum in Ardabil, Iranian national heritage site -
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Place Haydar Amuli Mausoleum Mausoleum tower in Amol, Iranian national heritage site -
Place Ya'qub ibn al-Layth Mausoleum Mausoleum in Jondishapur, Iranian national heritage site
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Offices and houses
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